SACHIN RETIRES,GETS BHARAT RATNA.

Sachin Tendulkar is a good cricketer,good sportsman,a role model for
budding sportspersons. Government has awarded him the country's highest
award within hours of his retirement. One wonders about the speed at which
the government acted in awarding Bharat Ratna,the highest Award. Neither
the Sports Ministry nor the BCCI has recommended Sachin's name for Bharat
Ratna. It is reported that the sports ministry has recommended Dhyan Chand's
name for this coveted award in 2012 and more than 82 members of Parliament
have also recommended his name in 2011, but the government has ignored these 
recommendations.

Major Dhyan Chand   should have been the first sportsman to get the
Bharat Ratna after the rules were amended. He played hockey in a different
era but that does not take away his achievements.He played in Three olympics
viz.Amsterdam (1928),Los Angeles(1932) & Berlin (1936) and India won Gold
in all the three Olympics.29th August,Dhyan Chand's birthday is celebrated as
National Sports day in the country. He scored over 1000 goals in his career.The
government should not take cognizant of the media hype surrounding the game
of cricket and the players.There are many other sports persons who brought laurels
to the country like Sachin.To name a few, P.T.Usha,Viswanathan Anand,Prakash
Padukone, & Abhinav Bindra who brought Olympic Gold for the country after 
many decades of Gold medal drought.

SACHIN RETIRES AFTER HIS 200th TEST AT MUMBAI.

Sachin stands for: 

1. DISCIPLNE
2. DEDICATION 
3..DIGNITY.

Sachin may retire but  cricket will never leave him. 

We will miss you in the field. Your family must be happy as they missed you so long.Now, you can give a good quality time for your family.

Indian Sports Forward wish you & your family plenty of happiness.

Photo Courtesy : Google photos.

GOLF
FESTIVAL.

TOYOTA KARNATAKA GOLF FESTIVAL WILL START FROM 12th SEPTEMBER TO 15th
SEPTEMBER,2013 AT KARNATAKA GOLF ASSOCIATION-BANGALORE.

The 5th Edition of the Golf Festival at Bangalore will provide good platform for more than 450 Amateur Golfers across the country to put their best swing forward for a spot in the Indian Team to represent the country at the World Golfers' Championships to be held at Durban,South
Africa from October,26th November 2nd,2013.

The Karnataka Golf Association (KGA),ranks amongst the top 10 golf courses in Asia-Pacific.
This Golf festival will showcase Bangalore as the golfing destination and will promote golf
tourism in the state.

Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) announces the Programme for its Platinum
Jubilee Celebrations.

Addressing the Media,Mr.Anil Kumble,President of KSCA said,Platinum Jubilee is a 
momentous occasion to all of us.

       CONGRATULATIONS-INDIAN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM.

Indian Women's Hockey team won Bronze Medal in the Junior women's
World Cup Hockey Tournament In Germany.This will  give tremendous
boost for the game of Hockey and Women's Hockey in particular.

Vice president of India Mr.Ansari congratulated the Indian Cricket team
for winning the Champions trophy in the Rajya Sabha..It is a good 
gesture,but he should have congratulated the Junior women's  Hockey
team also.Afterall,only 8 countries participated in the Champions
Trophy in Cricket,but in the Junior Hockey World Cup for women,
16 countries participated in which the team won the bronze medal.
Whenever,our cricket team win any tournament,many leaders 
rush to congratulate the team,but no leader has congratulated the
junior women's Hockey team for bringing glory to the country.
Will this attitude change?.

EDITORIAL

                                                          BHARAT RATNA TO DHYANCHAND.

The decision to award Bharat Ratna to Dhyan Chand  is a  right decision. 
There may be some views that Sachin Tendulkar deserves more than 
Dhyan Chand.There is no comparison between Sachin and Dhyan Chand
as they played different games ,in different times.Dhyan Chand played in
three Olympics and won three gold medals for the country and scored  more
than 400 goals in International Career. Astro Turf in Indian Gymkhana Club
in London has been named after Indian Hockey wizard,Dhyan Chand.After
India played its first match in 1936 Olympics,Dhyan Chand's magical 
stickwork drew crowds from other venues to the Hockey field.A German 
newspaper carried a banner headline,"The Olympic Complex now has a 
magic show too".The next day there were posters all over Berlin-Visit the
Hockey stadium to watch the Indian magician Dhyan Chand in action.
Residents of Vienna,Austria,honoured him by setting up a statue of him
with four hands and four sticks  depicting his control and mastery over
the ball.

Once, while playing a hockey game,Major Dhyan Chand was not able to score
a goal against the opposition team inspite of several misses. He went to the
referee and wanted him to check the goal post measurement.Surprisingly,it
was found not upto the official width as per international rules.
This is Dhyan Chand for you.

DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.

Media wants BCCI President Mr.N.Srinivasan to step down but the working group
of BCCI decides that Mr.Srinivasan steps aside till the probe is completed.

Mr.Srinivasan,Vice chairman,India Cements,a company that owns the IPL Franchise
Chennai Super kings. The owner according to BCCI & IPL as per the accreditation
given is Mr.Gurunath Meiyappan, son in law of Mr.N.Srinivasan.Mr.Meiyappan is
being probed by Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in spot fixing scam along
with another bookie.The irony is till now no player of CSK is caught for
spot fixing but three players of Rajasthan Royals another IPL Franchise  were
caught for their alleged involvement. The probe is on and the matter is sub judice.

As CSK owner Mr.Meiyappan is being probed by Delhi police,there is hue and cry
that the President of BCCI Mr.N.Srinivasan should resign on moral grounds.
As morality is personal, and nobody can be compelled to resign,Mr.N.Srinivasan
refuses to resign as he feels that he has done no wrong and he is an elected
President.Morality is a rare commodity  in our country either in politics or in 
all positions  in the society. We are not late Mr.Lal Bahadur Shastri,who was 
once the railway minister and he resigned when a train accident took place in 
Ariyalur in Madras state then. Moral grounds & owning Moral responssibility 
is used loosely and frequently in our country without serving the purpose.
Many people should have resigned on moral grounds who are in high places 
accepting moral responssibility, but how  many  have  done it  in last few  decades is the moot question ?.